Lower Southampton gas station robbed at gunpoint

The gunman was losing patience with the clerk behind the counter at the Lower Southampton gas station early Tuesday morning.

“You have two more seconds,” he said, pointing the .45-caliber pistol at the employee.

The clerk at a Sunoco Station in the 100 block of West Street Road managed to open the register and give the robber money, police said.

The man entered the store around 3:30 a.m., approached the counter and pulled out the black handgun. He demanded money, then balked when the nervous employee had trouble opening the register drawer, police said. Once the register was open, the suspect grabbed the cash, then ran out of the store with $204, police said.

A K-9 unit tracked the man to a spot behind the nearby Kmart before the trail went cold.

Police described the suspect as white, about 6 feet, with a medium build. He was wearing a light gray hoodie with the hood up, baggie dark gray sweatpants and had a light covering over his face.